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Sitting, crawling, or walking later than other children.
Difficulty speaking.
Short attention span; inability to remember things.
Signs of cognitive delay Lack of curiosity.
Trouble understanding social rules or consequences
of behavior.
Trouble thinking logically.
an act or instance of symbolizing
Symbolization
the human capacity to develop a system of
meaningful symbols
Attachment theory explains how the parent-child
relationship emerges and influences subsequent
Bowlby's attachment development.
theory Attachments are most likely to form with those who
responded accurately to the baby's signals, not the
person they spent more time with.
In his theory of cognitive development, Jean Piaget
proposed that humans progress through four
Piaget developmental stages: the sensorimotor stage,
preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and
formal operational stage.
, in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2
years of age) during which infants know the world
sensorimotor stage
mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and
motor activities
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7
years of age) during which a child learns to use
preoperational stage
language but does not yet comprehend the mental
operations of concrete logic
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
concrete operational (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which
stage children gain the mental operations that enable them
to think logically about concrete events
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
(normally beginning about age 12) during which
formal operational stage
people begin to think logically about abstract
concepts
the idea that there are different types of intelligence
multiple intelligences
that are independent of one another
Erikson maintained that personality develops in a
predetermined order through eight stages of
psychosocial development, from infancy to
Erikson's psychosocial
adulthood. During each stage, the person
stages
experiences a psychosocial crisis which could have a
positive or negative outcome for personality
development.
Trust vs. Mistrust
Basic virtue: Hope
Age: 0-1 and a half
Trust vs. mistrust is the first stage in Erik Erikson's
Erikson's 1st psychosocial
theory of psychosocial development. This stage
stage
begins at birth continues to approximately 18 months
of age. During this stage, the infant is uncertain about
the world in which they live, and looks towards their
primary caregiver for stability and consistency of care.